Avatar is a live action film that was written and directed by James Cameron and released in 2009. The film features a new and more advanced level of special effects and which creates a truly immersive cinematic experience marked with revolutionary technology that is capable of both story-telling and astounding the visitor with its intensive and sweeping production quality. The film tells the story of Jake Sully, a marine who has been injured in the field, and who is confined to a wheelchair. The marines are invading a planet known as Pandora which has rocks on it which are almost priceless on earth, fetching prices of around $20 billion per kilogram on Earth. The marines uses a technology of creating "avatars" to infiltrate the Na'vi -- the indigenous people of Pandora. An avatar is made for Jake, allowing him to walk again as he fulfills his mission to infiltrate the…...

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Avatar. Dir. James Cameron. 2009. Film.

The Godfather. Dir. Francis Ford Coppola. 1972. Film.

Avatar
James Cameron, director of Avatar, called the movie an environmental film. The story of the movie hits all the major points of environmentalism: the threatened rain forest, mining without understanding the ecology of the land, interconnectedness of the planet, imperialism, and overly zealous capitalists who will maim, murder, and rape the land in the interests of profit. To me, one of the most telling scenes that illustrates this is toward the end when the Earth forces decide to move in on the Tree of Life, decimating everything in their path. There is not a care in the world about life forms, consequences, or what this might do to the planet -- only that there is ore to be mined, a job to be done, and nothing can get in the way of that mission.

Part 2 -- The indigenous people of Pandora are called the Na'vi. They are very reminiscent of…...

It still looks real, and that's because every aspect of the scene, from lighting, composition, and camera angle, were worked out in the studio during the creation process. Even in the digital world, these things matter, and this scene shows how important they are in the overall look and feel of the film.
Use of music in the scene is the same grand, sweeping music used throughout the film. It makes the scene seem larger than life somehow, but it also has touches of native sounds that make it sound a bit primitive and haunting. The sounds in the scene are basically dialogue as the characters react to what they're seeing, but there is one sound in this scene that is particularly memorable, and that is the sound of the helicopter. The sound is of conventional rotors on a traditional helicopter, but it seems that these rotors, which are more…...

Political Ecology in Pandora
Avatar tells us that one person cannot save nature but, each individual's effort in encouraging nature should never be underestimated. Avatar is a metaphor for a relationship existing between human beings and the earth. The film expresses a view that is found within the environmental milieu that involves the grassroots environmentalists along with academicians who seem to be analyzing the centuries-long erosion of the Earth's biocultural diversity. The film seeks to take a stronger stand in favor of that diversity and for animistic considered to be beneficent by environmentalists (McAfee, K., 1999:134).

The film Avatar express a threat to peoples' beliefs as well as depressing many viewers to feel that there are no places left on the earth that will enable them to connect to each other and to nature as the way the Na'vi was doing (Brosius, 1998).

In the film, Avatar outlines steps to be considered in…...

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References

Adams, M. (2009). James Cameron's Avatar delivers a powerful message of connectedness with Mother Nature. Natural health news. Retrieved October 30, 2012, from  http://www.naturalnews.com/027810_Avatar_James_Cameron.html 

Bergthaller, H. (2012). Avatar and the pitfalls of Ecocentric identification. Retrieved October 30, 2012, from  http://www.academia.edu/1880164/A_Sense_of_No-Place._Avatar_and_the_pitfalls_of_ecocentric 

Brosius, P. (1998). Green Dots, Pink Hearts: Displacing Politics from the Malaysian Rain Forest. Green Dots, Pink Hearts: Displacing Politics from the Malaysian Rain Forest. Retrieved October 31, 2010

Chytiri, K. (2011).Entering the Avatar World: Nature Revisited. Retrieved October 30, 2012 from  http://web.mit.edu/cultureshock/sp2011/ca.html

The birds flying away in the end are representative of the freedom to love each other that Allie and Noah now have with each other. No physical bounds can restrain them. These elements became apparent on the fourth viewing. I then went back through the scenes to see if bird imagery was hiding in other scenes. Birds were found throughout the story, such as Noah providing bread for Allie to feed the birds, a mockingbird on the porch after they make love, etc. Upon closer examination, this emerged as a central tool for conveying the theme that Noah and Allie's love was as wild and free as the birds.
An analysis of "The Notebook" is a prime example of how the technique of viewing the film several times until the layers emerge can reveal deeper meanings with each viewing. In order to understand how the various elements of the film…...

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Boggs, J., and Petrie, D. (2008). The Art of Watching Films (Ashford Custom 7th ed.).

Mountain View, CA Mayfield.

Dirks, T. (n.d.). Tips on Film Viewing. Part 2. Filmsite. Retrieved August 9, 2010 from  http://www.filmsite.org/filmview2.html 

Goudreau, K. (2006). American Beauty: The Seduction of the Visual Image in the Culture of Technology. Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society. 26 (1): 23-30.

It is probable that Cameron inspired his film from the traditional conflict between Christianity and Islam. Some of the most influent forces in society have been devoted to impose their power over the rest of the world, similar to how humans did not hesitate to take up arms against the Na'vi when the latter did not want to comply with the former's requests.
In Avatar, the human race is apparently determined to demonstrate that it is unwilling to accept compromise and that it is determined to prove its superior strength despite the consequences. The masses are aware that the new world order is closing in and that they have to be among those who are more powerful in order for safety to be ensured. Cameron's film practically reflects feelings in society today and in the recent years in an apparent attempt to alert people about how it is essential for…...

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Dir. Cameron, James. Avatar. 20th Century Fox, 2009.

Huntington, Samuel P. (1997). "The clash of civilizations and the remaking of world order." Simon and Schuste.

" Turkle claims that "our fragile planet needs our action in the real," which is exactly what the little girl was trying to point out. Her appreciating the animatronic animals more than the real ones is a product of technology saturation.
Technology has become an annoyance: we all experience the "sense of encroachment of the device" on our personal time and it is difficult to cut ourselves off from the world. Yet technology is a blessing. Turkle points out that the shy and inhibited are hiding behind their virtual selves. Indeed they are: to their advantage. Many readers would agree that technology has allowed the shy and socially awkward to engage socially with others without having to sweat or take anxiety medication.

Being constantly connected with the world is a choice we make. Technology is not deadening us to the world, as Turkle implies. Quite the opposite: technology is enhancing our vision…...

I asked him if he felt like the commercials made him want to have the
things he saw on TV. Initially he said no, but then corrected himself and
said that many times he would see a toy or game on television on a
commercial that he would like to have, but did not expect to receive at any
time immediate since it would appear to be too expensive or the time from
birthday or Christmas was too long. He appeared to know a lot about the
toys that were on the commercials and he told me that many of his friends
would have one toy or another, and would say whether the other child liked
the toy or not, whether it was "cheap" or not. My friend and I watched two
episode of Avatar, and one episode of another show called Drake and Josh.
The latter is a live action show about two step-brothers in a blended
family. The show…...

Real life establishments like Enzo's pizza place can realistically be established, but what is involved to keep the business going is considered virtual. People are designed so they can obtain human facial expressions, but the lives of these avatars are virtual. Fast food establishments like MC Donald's are located in the Metaverse. However the meal cannot be realistically tasted there. There are things like Mr. Lee's Hong Kong that gives a sense of choice to use reality or virtual reality. Mr. Lee preferred to use non-human systems instead of hiring a large human security force-like a real police force.
The Avatars in Neal Stephenson's cyberpunk novel Snow Crash have similar qualities to humans. ut Avatars are to be designed with a computer and consist of elite images with vibrant color, or in black and white images. Among people working on virtual reality and cyberspace interfaces, an avatar is an icon…...

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1. Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book) by Neal Stephenson, edition (May 2, 2000)

2. Virtual Reality: The Revolutionary Technology of Computer-Generated Artificial Worlds - and How It Promises to Transform Society by Howard Rheingold, edition (August 15, 1998)

3. About virtual reality from the Internet at  http://www.insead.fr/CALT/Encyclopedia/ComputerSciences/VR/vr.htm 

4. Information about Snow Crash from Wikipedia

Network Support Technologies Case Study
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Second Life

Information is now growing at speeds never thought imaginable. Today's world of Information Technology (IT) has provided the dynamic platform in which exponentially growing information resources emerge. This complex arena of knowledge management provides tremendous advantages to modern society. It allows individuals greater and faster access to resources that, in turn, can be used to facilitate more accurate decision making. This is especially true in the realm of academia.

Avington College's students will reap tremendous benefits from providing a blended e-learning solution. E-learning provides many inherent advantages through its method of delivery. Digital content can be implemented nearly as fast as it is created with virtually no risk of obsolescence. hen e-learning is used in a class room setting, it can be blended along…...

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Barbara Means, Y.T. (2009). Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning: A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies. U.S. Department of Education.

Bates, T. (2009, June 24). e-Learning and 21st century skills and competences.

David Hucaby, D.D. (2010). CCNP Switch 642-813 Cert Kit. Cisco Press.

Elliot, M. (2005, July 15). www.cnet.com. Retrieved May 9, 2010, from  http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-10166_7-5543710-1.html

Hindu Mythology]
In general, mythology is defined as the collective stories that belong to a specific culture and embody all the religious beliefs and values. In Hinduism, the myths truly depict the spiritual essence of this tradition that traces its roots to the Indus Valley as far back as 4000 BCE. In fact, even today Hinduism mythology continues to be an integral part of this ever-changing global culture and remains as important as the Bible or the Koran.

Indian civilization, Hinduism in particular, is based on a broad enough philosophical foundation to encompass individuals of all faiths and beliefs. The early historian Williams in Brahmanism and Hinduism (455) emphasized that the interest in Hinduism lies in its ability to be continually adaptable to the continual diversity of human character. Philosophers appreciate the religion's spiritual and abstract aspects. The poets enjoy its aesthetic and ceremonial offerings. Individuals who relish seclusion, laud its contemplative…...

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Bulfinch's Mythology. New York: Thomas Crowell, 1855.

Dowson, John . A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature. London: Routledge, 1979.

Forty, Jo. Mythology: A Visual Encylopedia. New York: Sterling, 2001.

Hackin, J. Asiatic Mythology. New York: Thomas Crowell, (n.d.).

Religion
On the surface, Hinduism and Christianity could not be much more different. Ancient Hinduism offers a colorful pantheon of playful deities, some of which assume animal characteristics such as Hanuman and Ganesh. Stemming from its Jewish roots, Christianity presents a much different view of the origin and structure of the universe. Christian cosmology is more tightly ordered than that of Hinduism. Strictly monotheistic, Judaism imparted a mistrust of pagan polytheism to Christianity. Christian deity is unitary but also triune, in the worship of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Herein lies the strongest connection between worship in ancient India and worship in early Christianity. Hinduism, like Christianity, has a triune God concept. The Hindu God Brahma is the Supreme God, but God has three manifestations as Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. Each of these gods has its own expression and role in the Hindu cosmology. hereas Brahma is the…...

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Bhagavad Gita

Bible: Old and New Testament

Das, Subhamoy. "Top 10 Hindu Deities." About.com. Retrieved online:  http://hinduism.about.com/od/godsgoddesses/tp/deities.htm 

"The Origins of the Universe." BBC. Retrieved online:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/rs/environment/hinduismbeliefsrev1.shtml

sign language in public settings for people who are deaf.
Writing notes as a way to communicate with people who are deaf is convenient, for people with normal hearing, and recommended, by people with normal hearing. In the world of hearing people, recommendations for using note writing as a way to communicate with people who are deaf is common.

Communication at work. Employers are advised to supplement their communication with employees who are deaf by writing notes. For example, Equal Access Communication, an advocacy organization suggests that supervisors may wish to keep a white board or a chalk board by the work area of an employee who is deaf. The supervisor is reminded to keep the writing simple and concise, first establishing the subject to be discussed and then providing an explanation. Further, the supervisor is reminded that the person who is deaf may experience difficulties understanding idioms or double negatives,…...

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Emmorey, K., Borinstein, H.B., and Thompson, R. (n.d.). Bimodal bilingualism: Code-blending between spoken English and American Sign Language, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies and University of California, San Diego. Retrieval  http://emmoreylab.sdsu.edu/pdf-bilingual/bilingual1.pdf 

Teplin, E. (2008, August 26). Representing deaf and hard of hearing people: Legal requirements & practical suggestions. The Hennepin Lawyer. Retrieved http://hennepin.timerlakepublishing.com/article.asp?article=1246

Internet sources accessed http://www.signofthetimes.us/Medical.htm

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Psychiatric Nursing Education: Challenges and olutions
There is a growing demand for nursing professionals, with rapid proliferation of educational programs for nurses. Nursing education requires opportunities for 'hands-on' clinical practice, yet locating sites for practice is non-trivial, requiring considerable creativity from nursing educators and clinical support staff. These challenges can be particularly difficult for mental health practice. For example, the dynamic is altered when the instructor is present for a student/client one-on-one interaction, yet the instructor's presence may be required (Kidd et al., 2012). Past mental healthcare courses for nurses used psychosocial assessment tools and/or work with processed client recordings. Another approach is 'standardized patients' (Robinson-mith et al., 2009); Kameg et al., (2009) mentions instructor-manipulated patient simulations. Instructional plans always have factors such as clinical/laboratory space, instructor/scheduling time, and equipment costs (Brown, 2008).

Personal and Global Perspectives

Presently, many professional registered nurses are not always enabled to fully utilize their extensive educational training.…...

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Salaries for qualified APRNs vary considerably between teaching and clinical positions (Fitzgerald et al.,2012). Educational salaries are considerably lower as are benefit packages. Thus there is an on-going tug-of-war, with increased demand for APRNs in clinical/practice settings, requiring more APRNs in education, and a simultaneous dearth of APRN-educators, making it more difficult to produce the needed clinical workers. Monetary and societal remuneration, in terms of social appreciation, are lacking for the very educator-professionals who are most needed.

Another change in the clinical field is the nurse's role in treatment of psychological illnesses. Nurses are involved in education concerning psychotropic pharmaceuticals. The role of communicator with the family is a part of routine practice for APNs. Patient and family education, administration of medications, medication monitoring (efficacy and safety), and prescription are new directions requiring considerable training and responsibility. As discussed by Drill & Prendergast (2011), a patient is not a 'solitary island', but includes family/loved ones who must be considered to achieve full support from the family. Without familial support, medication adherence is far less likely, as also occurs for nutritional and other prescribed regimes. Thus, the APN needs to have studied 'family system theory' and be aware of particular customs to bring about desired outcomes (Drill & Prendergast, 2011). The role of the Advanced Practice Nurses (APNs) in prescribing pharmaceuticals has been growing, and with it the necessity for advanced pharmaceutical education including interactions with other medications and diet. Drill & Prendergast (2011) expressed concern that use of pharmaceuticals has led to neglect of other therapeutic options.

While modern psychotropic pharmaceuticals have altered treatment protocols for psychiatric patients, this assisting factor does not remove nurses from patient care. A patient's life is

Effectively, then, the insurgency is leftist, and in the cases of these films, the left wins, either by proxy or by morality and the world is once again a better place.
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Braudy, L. And M. Cohen, eds., (2009). Film Theory and Criticism. Oxford University

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http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=336714&contentTypeId=130&category=trailer

"V for Vendetta." (2005). Film Clips. Cited in:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0434409/

It is also interesting to note that over time, the focus of the insurgency theme changes. In the examples…...

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REFERENCES and WORKS CONSULTED

Braudy, L. And M. Cohen, eds., (2009). Film Theory and Criticism. Oxford University

Press.

Burgoyne, R. (2010). Film Nation: Hollywood Looks at U.S. History. University of Minnesota Press.

Hayward, S. (2006). Cinema Studies: The Key Concepts. Routledge.

1. The Evolution and Impact of Deepfake Technology

Trace the historical development of deepfake technology, outlining its origins and advancements.
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Review existing techniques for identifying and detecting deepfakes, discussing their strengths and limitations.
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I. Introduction
A. Explanation of artificial intelligence in counseling
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II. Overview of artificial intelligence in counseling
A. Definition and explanation of artificial intelligence
B. How artificial intelligence is being used in counseling
C. Benefits of incorporating artificial intelligence in counseling
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Securing Yourself in the Digital Age: A Comprehensive Guide to Cyber Threat Protection

In an era defined by ubiquitous digital connectivity, our online activities have become an integral part of our lives. However, this digital landscape also presents a growing threat from cybercriminals, making it imperative for individuals to adopt proactive measures to protect themselves from cyber threats. Here is a comprehensive guide to help you navigate the increasingly digital world and safeguard your online presence:

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